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Katherine Blumenthal Soprano
A two-time Metropolitan Opera district winner and regional finalist in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 she was awarded a grant at the Giulio Gari International Singing Competition in New York. She moved to Europe after completing a Master of Music degree in vocal performance at the New England Conservatory, Boston, where she was awarded a distinction in performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honours in music and French literature from Emory University in Atlanta. She also studied composition at the Conservatoire International de Paris.
Most recently she returned to the role of Violetta In La Traviata with Kentish Opera which she first performed with Opera Lyrica and sang Musetta in Opera Brava's La Bohème. Other recent roles include Musetta with Clapham Opera Festival and covering Lakmé with Opera Holland Park as part of the Christine Collins Young artist programme. She returned to sing with UC Opera in London for the third time as Arcabonne in J.C. Bach's Amadis de Gaule having previously sung Giselda in Verdi's I Lombardi and Céphise in the UK premiere of Rameau's Acante et Céphise with the company. She reprised the role of Madame Herz in David Parry's version of Der Schauspieldirektor with Opera Project at West Green House Opera which she had previously sung with Stanley Hall Opera. Roles include The Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Giunone in Cavalli's La Calisto, Micaëla in Carmen, Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Lyyckå Kammarsmusic Festival, Sweden, and Frasquita in Carmen.
She was a young artist with San Diego Opera Ensemble where she toured for 7 months in Die Zauberflöte as the Queen of the Night, performing the role over 80 times.
Upcoming engagements include singing Nedda In Kentish Opera's production of I Pagliacci and returning to the role of Musetta with Opera Brava this summer.
Contemporary music being of a particular interest to her, she has participated in several New Music Projects. In November 2008 she sang Ophelia in the world premiere of Steve Everett's chamber opera Ophelia's Gaze with the Vega Quartet and the premier of John Anthony Lennon's Oratorio Eternal Gates in 2011. She sang the premier of Nuits by Lee Hoiby and Tembang Gede by Steve Everett at IRCAM at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. She also appears on the recording "50" singing a work commissioned by the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios.


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John Robert Radclive (19th century - February 1911, also known as Ratcliffe) was Canada's first professional hangman, serving from 1892 until the early 20th century.

Placed on the federal payroll as a hangman by a Dominion order-in-council in 1892, on the recommendation of the justice minister Sir John Thompson: Radclive had trained under British hangman William Marwood. He is known to have hanged at least 69 people in Canada, although his life total was probably much higher. At his death, the Toronto Telegram said he had 150 executions. He died of alcohol-related illness in Toronto on February 26, 1911, at the age of 55.

Radclive was described as a humane and genial Englishman who regarded himself as a public benefactor.

He was considered to be a competent executioner and was known for the speed of his executions.

He is considered to be one of Canada's best known executioners.

Early life
Radclive spent his early life in the Royal Navy, where he hanged pirates in the South China Sea. He later apprenticed under the English executioner William Marwood, who had invented the table of height and weight that was used to determine the length of rope for a hanging. In 1890, Radclive immigrated to Toronto with his family where he passed along testimonials of his work to local sheriffs. When not serving as a hangman, Radclive worked as a steward under the alias Thomas Rately at the Sunnyside Boating Club, a rowing club in Parkdale, Toronto. However, his identity was accidentally disclosed by an inspector from the North-West Mounted Police.

Hangman
Following an interview with Radclive, Hector Willoughby Charlesworth recorded in his notebook, the Candid chronicles, why Radclive became a hangman:
I once had occasion to interview Radclive on a matter unconnected with his profession and found him a very genial Englishman, who regarded himself as a public benefactor. He said: "If there 'as to be 'angin's the only merciful thing is to do 'edm right!" Asked where he learned his trade he said, "I used to be a sailor on the China seas, and we common seamen was often detailed to 'ang Chinese pirates from the yard-arm. I was sorry for the poor blighters, they used to struggle and suffer so, so I figured out 'ow to do it quick and mercifullike. When I took the Birchall job I was 'ard- up. He seemed a pleasant sort of man, and I figured that it was kinder for me to do the job than to 'ave it bungled by one of them farm 'ands up there, like lots of cases that used to 'appen.  All the time he was talking he was busy packing tools and ropes; and apologized for the discourtesy, by saying that he had to catch a train to go and hang an Indian in the West. He explained his technique.

Hangings

Cordelia Viau and Sam Parslow
Cordelia Viau and her paramour, Sam Parslow, were to be executed on March 9, 1899.

St. Scholastique hanging
The preparations for the hanging on an elderly man at St. Scholastique, Quebec in 1899 had gone well, when the man, while standing on the trap, already hooded, noosed, and pinioned, suddenly fell lifelessly  into Radclive's arms. The presiding physician quickly determined that the man was indeed dead. A quandary thus presented itself in that the man that was to be killed had died prior to being hanged and there was no legal precedent. Although Radclive believed that justice had thus been served, the presiding local sheriff, who was the legal authority at the execution, thought otherwise. The sheriff, referring to the language of the death warrant issued under the imprimatur of His Majesty the King, which unequivocally stated "I do now direct you the said sheriff of the said county to cause execution of the said sentence to be done," argued that the man was to be hanged until dead, and the fact that the subject had expired prior to being hanged was an unanticipated contingency. Thus, the sheriff instructed that Radclive "get a chair", and subsequently the corpse was hung, with the neck snapping audibly. Radclive was deeply distraught by this display of justice that pursued the sentence of death beyond the grave and was offended by this burlesque of his profession.

Following the St. Scholastique hanging, Radclive drank heavily, consuming a bottle of brandy after every execution.

Port Arthur, Ontario - Oliver Prevost

Radclive arrived in Port Arthur, Ontario for the execution of Oliver Prevost, a convicted murderer, on March 15, 1899. This was the first hanging to take place at the Lakehead (now Thunder Bay, Ontario. A testament to Radclive's skill, Prevost was dropped through the trap door and his neck cleanly broken. When the autopsy was undertaken, it was determined that there had been no suffering on the part of the condemned and he had died instantly. So quickly had he expired, in fact, that he did not have time to drop the bible he had been holding and it was still clutched in his hands after death.

Hilda Blake
Emily Hilda Blake was the last official Canadian execution of the 19th century, executed by Radclive on December 27, 1899 at Brandon, Manitoba.

The hanging was described by Frank W. Anderson, a criminologist, in his publication A Concise History of Capital Punishment in Canada.

Later life
Radclive also subsequently suffered from perpetration-induced traumatic stress describing his psychological torment

Despite serving as a hangman, he reversed his repudiated his stance on capital punishment stating:

Hangings
 March 10, 1899 at Montreal – Cordeliau Viau and her paramour Sam Parslow

Further reading

References

Source

Canadian executioners
1911 deaths

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Plas yn Rhiw has had its fair share of tenants throughout the years, all leaving their mark on this 19th century house; discover what treasures were left behind and how the Keating sisters made it unique to them.
As you enter Plas yn Rhiw, you'll notice a distinctive green-slate flagged floor along with a picturesque Gothic door; both brought here by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
He also brought in the oak tree trunk columns carrying the neo-Georgian plaster arches.
Sir Clough Williams Ellis is known as the Welsh architect who created the Italianate village of Portmeirion; and was also close friends of the Keating sisters.
The Keating sisters enjoyed sitting in the parlour listening to records on their wind-up Columbia Grafonola. They often invited friends over such as Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
Here they had an array of furniture and collections to suit all tastes at that time. Their best furniture, such as the perfectly placed Regency secretaire and the 17th century oak chest-of-drawers, was brought from Nottingham.
The Keating's exhibited their collections of lust ware jugs and tea-pots on their furniture, along with the fireplace that had its own bread oven and plate warmer.
The north kitchen wing was added in the mid-19th century by the Lewis family.
When the Keating sisters acquired the house, they used it more as a utility room. Nevertheless, they equipped it with a slate sink and a Valor paraffin stove; although Plas yn Rhiw didn't have any electricity- even by the 20th century.
Over the years we believe there was much debate about position of the stairs throughout the house, from the Lewis family, the Roberts to the Keating's.
Now you'll see the stairs centres the house. Although the lower flight is stone and upper flights are oak. This is because the damp rotted to the base of the stairs, which had to be re-built by Sir Clough.
The previous staircase dated back to the early 17th century when the original house was built. These were blocked up in the 1820's when the new stairs were built.
The Keating sisters had a well-stocked medicine cabinet that included a selection of pills, creams and drops to treat the range of ailments which they suffered from over the years.
It also included an early 1900s food warmer which Honora may have used during her nursing career.
Learn about Plas yn Rhiw's past residents, from the Lewis family; descended from the ninth-century King of Powis, to the Keating's sisters who restored it in 1939.
The Keating sisters' personality shines through the whole house, it's as they never left. Learn about the sisters' individual style and vision as elements of their past flourishes the house.


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John Leanerd (fl. 1679) was a British playwright, notorious as a plagiarist.

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Leanerd published:

 The Country Innocence; or, the Chambermaid turn'd Quaker, London, a comedy acted at the London Theatre Royal in Lent, 1677, by the younger members of the company. It was The Country Girl (1647, sometimes attributed to Anthony Brewer) under a new title.
 The Rambling Justice; or, the Jealous Husbands, with the Humours of Sir John Twiford, performed at the same theatre; the incidents are mostly borrowed from Thomas Middleton's More Dissemblers Besides Women, 1657.

To Leanerd has also been ascribed a comedy The Counterfeits, London, 1679, acted at the Duke's Theatre in 1678. The plot was taken from a translated Spanish novel The Trepanner Trepanned. Colley Cibber as author of She Would and She Would Not  either based his play on the same novel, or else borrowed extensively from the comedy.

Notes

Attribution

British dramatists and playwrights
People involved in plagiarism controversies
17th-century English writers
17th-century English male writers
English male dramatists and playwrights


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""" film.py: a simple tool to manage your movies review
Simon Rozet, http://atonie.org/

@@ :
- manage directors and writers
- manage actors
- handle non IMDB uri
- markdown support in comment

Requires download and import of Python imdb library from
http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/ - (warning: installation
will trigger automatic installation of several other packages)

--
Usage:
    film.py whoami "John Doe <john@doe.org>"
        Initialize the store and set your name and email.
    film.py whoami
        Tell you who you are
    film.py http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/
        Review the movie "Reservoir Dogs"
"""
import datetime, os, sys, re, time, imdb
from rdflib import BNode, ConjunctiveGraph, URIRef, Literal, Namespace, RDF

#storefn = os.path.expanduser('~/movies.n3')
storefn = '/home/simon/codes/film.dev/movies.n3'
storeuri = 'file://'+storefn
title = 'Movies viewed by %s'

r_who = re.compile('^(.*?) <([a-z0-9_-]+(\.[a-z0-9_-]+)*@[a-z0-9_-]+(\.[a-z0-9_-]+)+)>$')

DC = Namespace('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/')
FOAF = Namespace('http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/')
IMDB = Namespace('http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ggrimnes/dev/imdb/IMDB#')
REV = Namespace('http://purl.org/stuff/rev#')

class Store:
    def __init__(self):
        self.graph = ConjunctiveGraph()
        if os.path.exists(storefn):
            self.graph.load(storeuri, format='n3')
        self.graph.bind('dc', 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/')
        self.graph.bind('foaf', 'http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/')
        self.graph.bind('imdb', 'http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ggrimnes/dev/imdb/IMDB#')
        self.graph.bind('rev', 'http://purl.org/stuff/rev#')

    def save(self):
        self.graph.serialize(storeuri, format='n3')

    def who(self, who=None):
        if who is not None:
            name, email = (r_who.match(who).group(1), r_who.match(who).group(2))
            self.graph.add((URIRef(storeuri), DC['title'], Literal(title % name)))
            self.graph.add((URIRef(storeuri+'#author'), RDF.type, FOAF['Person']))
            self.graph.add((URIRef(storeuri+'#author'), FOAF['name'], Literal(name)))
            self.graph.add((URIRef(storeuri+'#author'), FOAF['mbox'], Literal(email)))
            self.save()
        else:
            return self.graph.objects(URIRef(storeuri+'#author'), FOAF['name'])

    def new_movie(self, movie):
        movieuri = URIRef('http://www.imdb.com/title/tt%s/' % movie.movieID)
        self.graph.add((movieuri, RDF.type, IMDB['Movie']))
        self.graph.add((movieuri, DC['title'], Literal(movie['title'])))
        self.graph.add((movieuri, IMDB['year'], Literal(int(movie['year']))))
        self.save()

    def new_review(self, movie, date, rating, comment=None):
        review = BNode() # @@ humanize the identifier (something like #rev-$date)
        movieuri = URIRef('http://www.imdb.com/title/tt%s/' % movie.movieID)
        self.graph.add((movieuri, REV['hasReview'], URIRef('%s#%s' % (storeuri, review))))
        self.graph.add((review, RDF.type, REV['Review']))
        self.graph.add((review, DC['date'], Literal(date)))
        self.graph.add((review, REV['maxRating'], Literal(5)))
        self.graph.add((review, REV['minRating'], Literal(0)))
        self.graph.add((review, REV['reviewer'], URIRef(storeuri+'#author')))
        self.graph.add((review, REV['rating'], Literal(rating)))
        if comment is not None:
            self.graph.add((review, REV['text'], Literal(comment)))
        self.save()

    def movie_is_in(self, uri):
        return (URIRef(uri), RDF.type, IMDB['Movie']) in self.graph

def help():
    print(__doc__.split('--')[1])

def main(argv=None):
    if not argv:
        argv = sys.argv
    s = Store()
    if argv[1] in ('help', '--help', 'h', '-h'):
        help()
    elif argv[1] == 'whoami':
        if os.path.exists(storefn):
            print(list(s.who())[0])
        else:
            s.who(argv[2])
    elif argv[1].startswith('http://www.imdb.com/title/tt'):
        if s.movie_is_in(argv[1]):
            raise
        else:
            i = imdb.IMDb()
            movie = i.get_movie(argv[1][len('http://www.imdb.com/title/tt'):-1])
            print('%s (%s)' % (movie['title'].encode('utf-8'), movie['year']))
            for director in movie['director']:
                print('directed by: %s' % director['name'].encode('utf-8'))
            for writer in movie['writer']:
                print('written by: %s' % writer['name'].encode('utf-8'))
            s.new_movie(movie)
            rating = None
            while not rating or (rating > 5 or rating <= 0):
                try:
                    rating = int(raw_input('Rating (on five): '))
                except ValueError:
                    rating = None
            date = None
            while not date:
                try:
                    i = raw_input('Review date (YYYY-MM-DD): ')
                    date = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(i, '%Y-%m-%d')[:6])
                except:
                    date = None
            comment = raw_input('Comment: ')
            s.new_review(movie, date, rating, comment)
    else:
        help()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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James Mitchell Varnum
Born in Dracut, Massachusetts on December 17, 1748, James Mitchell Varnum was a descendant of Samuel Varnum who came to the Massachusetts colony in 1635. During his short lifetime, he gained an exceptional reputation as a lawyer, jurist, and military officer. As a young man, he first attended Harvard and then transferred his studies to the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later to be known as Brown University) where he graduated in 1769 at the age of 20. In Rhode Island, he met and married Martha Child and started his career as an attorney. Varnum also had an early interest in military affairs and on settling in East Greenwich in the home he built on Pierce Street, became a member (and then first commander) of the Kentish Guards militia also serving with Nathaniel Greene.
At the outbreak of hostilities with the British, Varnum was commissioned by the Rhode Island General Assembly as a Colonel of the First Regiment of Infantry. He was then commissioned as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and went on to become one of George Washington's most trusted officers, serving from 1777 to 1779. During this time, he advocated for the admission of African Americans into the ranks that resulted in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment as an all-Black unit. He served with distinction in the siege of Boston, the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Red Bank (New Jersey), at Valley Forge (where his headquarters still stands) and the Battle of Rhode Island.
Varnum resigned his commission in 1779 and returned to Rhode Island for personal and business reasons. However, he was shortly named major general of the state militia and returned to active duty in July and August of 1780 under French General Rochambeau.
He returned to his active law practice at age 33 and soon won his place in legal history as the defending attorney in the case of Trevett vs. Weeden, in which an act of a legislative body, the General Assembly, was declared unconstitutional. Varnum was elected twice to the Continental Congress (1780-81 and 1786-87). He was an original member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati and served as its president from 1786 until his untimely death three years later. In the company of George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Henry Knox, Thomas Pinckney and several others he became a founding member of the national Society of the Cincinnati.
In 1787, his life took an important but ultimately fatal turn when he was named as one of the original founders of the Ohio Company of the Northwest Territory. He was named a judge of the Supreme Court in the newly established town of Marietta. Barely a year later, Varnum became ill with consumption and died at the age of 40. He was buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta.
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Igloolik Isuma Productions (gegründet 1990 in Iglulik) ist eine kanadische Produktionsfirma, die aus den Mitgliedern Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Pauloosie Qulitalik und Norman Cohn besteht. Sie produzieren unabhängige "community based" Medien -Video, Tonträger, Fernsehen und auch Auftritte im Internet, mit dem Ziel, Sprache und Kultur der Inuit zu erhalten und zu stärken.

Nunavut (Our Land) wurde in den Jahren 1994 bis 1995 produziert und ist eine aus 13 halbstündigen Teilen bestehende "Inuit-Seifenoper", die im Jahr 1945 spielt. Sie ist Dokumentation und Spielfilm zugleich und zeigt einer jüngeren Generation, wie Dinge getan wurden (und noch immer getan werden können). Gezeigt wird der Alltag, vom Training der Hunde und der Kunstfertigkeit ein Iglu oder ein Steinhaus zu bauen bis hin zur Jagd auf Robben, Walrösser und Karibus.

Die Fernsehserie Nunavut (Our Land) und der Spielfilm Atanarjuat – Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer wurden auf der Documenta 11 gezeigt.

Weblinks
 Website IsumaTV

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Filmgesellschaft
Kunst (Kanada)
Gegründet 1990
Künstlergruppe


Recently, I decided to replace my countertop paper towel holder. I wanted something to hang on the side of my cabinet to save space and be at a handy level. After checking online, and finding several nice, but pricey options...I decided to design my own! I decided to do something with an industrial look and headed to the hardware store to pick up some galvanized pipe and fittings in the plumbing aisle!
These assembled in about a minute! You can try putting it together at the store to make sure the pieces all go together. After deciding where I wanted it, we drilled holes for bolts, and put the bolts through the cabinet wall. Use bolts long enough to go through the cabinet, plus a little extra for nuts. Nuts were attached to the bolts on the inside of the cabinet to tighten down for a strong hold.
We are loving this addition to the kitchen, easily accessible and so easy to change out the roll...I think it looks great, too! It was a fun, under $15 project, much less than the $50-$60 dollars for holders I saw online...and it is my style!
Until next time...have a wonderful weekend!
That really looks great, Linda! Love it!
I just wanted to thank you for posting this blog--I liked the look, the idea, and your easy to follow photos. I did this project yesterday and it's perfect. Thanks again for sharing both the idea and tutorial!
I really love the industrial style.
What a timely post! I JUST the other day broke my cheapo plastic paper towel older that was mounted up underneath the cabinets. I wanted a heavy duty one, that I could mount on the cabinet, right above the sink, and one that had an open ended top to just plop the roll right on. You are a genius. I did take my counter top holder, the one that I was using in a bathroom to hold tp, and painted it red, and put it on my counter top, but I have limited counter space, and would much rather mount one on the cabinet out of the way. I am showing this to Greg...I will let you know!!!
You are a genius! I never would have thought of that. I looooove how it looks against the beadboard cabinets. I looks amazing and is so practical.
I like it Linda. It's off the counter and has that salvaged utilitarian feel.
WOW Linda that is amazing and goes so perfect with your kitchen.
Brilliant, Linda. I think it's my style too.
except we don't do paper. Hmmm...I'm thinking just a towel bar for me.
Very cool! Very urban farmhouse style!
Those plumbing pipes and things are cool to work with. I once used one as a curtain rod out on my screened porch. It was a bit deal to undo it all to get my curtain clips off so I eventually took it down. But I love that look!
I love it! So clever too.
Now you are so clever Linda. I love this idea.
What a fun idea, Linda! I'm surprised how expensive towel holders have gotten. Yours is super cool!
Perfect and so darn clever. I love this look!!
what a wonderful idea, to make that yourself, and so practical on the cabinet side.
You are a very clever woman!
I'm loving your industrial chic paper towel holder! I've wanted to add an industrial looking towel bar to the end of our kitchen table, and now you've given me simple instructions to get it done. Thanks for sharing, Linda!
I thought that turned out very cool....I even showed my husband.
wow, way cute, Linda! I just bought one...but it wasn't $50-60, so I feel pretty good about it. Wish we had gorgeous cupboards like yours to hang it from!
this is so great and clever! i may have to try it sometime!!
OMG that is genius!!! I love that is is so handy!
That looks really great! You're so smart!
Aren't you clever! I love that idea.
Going to try this soon.
We've been using this for several years now, and it's been great!
I found your project on Pinterest, sent my husband a screenshot, and he had it done within hours (finished up what he was doing, went to the store...5 minutes later--PRESTO!). Love it so far! Thank you!
Just found this. What a creative idea! I never understood the paper towel holder on the counter and have been looking for ideas. Thank you for sharing!
Does it not affect the opening of the shutters on the window? I am all for this idea, have the supplies written out to go pick then up, and thought about the shutters because I too have them and am worried about causing them to not open all the way, I love my sunshine coming through more!!
I actually only open the four inner shutters when I need to...ours are up for privacy. We would look right into our neighbors kitchen!
Also, you can adjust where you want it on the side of your cabinet, to give you space you need!


Screecher/guitarist Peter Hobbs basically invented satanic beer thrash in Australia during the Eighties, then dropped into relative obscurity. Recently, he was "re-discovered" possibly performing at a rough roadhouse somewhere in the bush. The kind of place where they keep the patrons locked in a cage.
What's the difference between a homicidal maniac and a werewolf? One isn't real. Brisbane's double-decade quintet reappeared after a four-year absence with 2013's Vexovoid, the sound of typewriters and pocket watches localed inside a closet for 100 years to rust. Portal then wears costumes and performs death metal primarily influenced by that dust.
Like Austin, Australia's a place where parrots fly around the 'burbs. What else besides suburban boredom can explain music that sounds like a bird being ground in a food processor? There's also the stop/start guitar chug that's similar to a lawnmower with a clogged fuel line. Grindcore – not just for lawn chairs anymore!


This November, Clive and Diana Groves from Bridport's very own Groves Nurseries will be trekking in Columbia to the lost city of Teyuna.
Groves are offering various veg from a table at the exit in the shop for a donation…. All proceeds to The Living Tree.
The Living Tree is mainly funded by efforts like these. So thank you very much for thinking of us.


Today I was free because I had a lot of work done last week and I could pick up my new bike! Not the best day for this as the first autumn storm was announced.. Therefore I had more time to cook, so it was time for a new dish inspired by the new Delicious. Magazine! The chicken with creamy mushroom sauce comes from the Delicious magazine and instead of mashed potatoes, I thought it was time to finally start cooking with parsnips. The leek was on sale this week so decided to add this too. I think it's actually very decent looking restaurant dish!


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Library & Information Studies Department Scholarship Statement
Academic librarians regard their field of library and information studies as both a profession and a discipline, reinforced with traditional and emerging forms of scholarship. The professional facet sees librarians focused on the organization, evaluation, and provision of access to information for the purpose of fostering scholarship across the college curriculum. As a discipline, library and information studies is founded in its own theory and practice with an established program of academic preparation and a body of research literature. Faculty librarians at Luther College view scholarly work as the foundation of their daily work, where scholarship serves as the inspiration for informed practice and creative teaching. The professional obligations the librarians hold are grounded in teaching, and this dynamic relationship fosters many forms of scholarship, not only in library and information studies, but in interdisciplinary work as well.
Forms of scholarship
The work of Ernest Boyer in Scholarship Reconsidered (1990) played an important role in shaping the statement "Academic Librarianship and the Redefining Scholarship Project" from the Association of College and Research Libraries (1998). The forms of scholarship listed below are representative of work done by LIST (Librarian and Information Studies) faculty at Luther College and demonstrate the possibilities for interaction between different types of scholarly work. Additional scholarly work in these four categories will be determined by the areas of interest and specialization of individual faculty.
Scholarship of Inquiry: Original research connects theory with practice to improve services.
Analyzing service point and usage statistics.
Conducting usability studies to improve online resources and services.
Evaluating materials that will support the evolving curriculum and promote independent inquiry.
Designing effective means of information retrieval.
Establishing methods to assess the effectiveness of teaching and services.
Scholarship of Integration: Interdisciplinary investigation that "informs and transforms…work" (ACRL, 1998).
Disciplinary expertise necessary to discern research questions and facilitate discovery of information.
Investigation of learning theory and learning styles.
Assessment of learning outcomes and effectiveness of teaching research skills.
Integration of computer science and technology as part of resources and services.
Anthropological studies of library and technology use and the user experience.
Communication theory for effective organizational operations.
User-centered design of services and facilities.
Administration, management, and leadership techniques.
Marketing of services and resources.
Preservation of rare and historically important materials.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Continuous examination of pedagogies employed to meet learning goals. Each faculty member in the department participates in the following teaching activities: reference, course-related or course-integrated instruction, and in-depth research consultations. Additional teaching activities may include: planning and supervising LIST internships, teaching credit-bearing courses, leading training sessions, and directing faculty development workshops. The level of participation in each of these activities is guided by areas of specialization among faculty, the need for information literacy to be integrated into a course or curriculum (such as Paideia I or the music major), which type of instruction is most appropriate for the information need, and the nature of the faculty appointment.
Scholarship of Engagement: Scholarship put into collaborative practice and shared with community. As stated in the ACRL document, this form of scholarship employs "the theory and knowledge gained through inquiry, integration, and pedagogical experimentation to meeting the research and learning needs of the academic community." Use of the word "engagement" reminds us that Boyer's categories of scholarship are meant to interact dynamically, as engagement "emphasizes…genuine collaboration: that the learning and teaching be multi-directional and the expertise shared" (O'Meara, 28).
Creation or production of technology products that support the LIST mission; use and testing of products; dissemination and availability of the products with a community of users; and implementation of the products as an effective tool for users.
Use of survey data and research inquiry to reshape instructional formats and methodologies for course-specific student research; communication with course instructor(s); evaluation of effectiveness of instruction; and further revision of instructional methods and techniques.
Peer review in the discipline of library and information studies can be demonstrated in several ways. Internally, within the department, there are frequent opportunities for informal peer review through daily collaborative work. Formally, the tenured members of the department observe the classroom teaching of colleagues, and there are regular reports from individuals about scholarly work at department meetings. When teaching course-related or course-integrated instruction sessions, we are peer-reviewed by colleagues in other academic departments. Though these are important forms of evaluation for ongoing development of professional and scholarly endeavors, it should not be considered a substitute for the type of peer review necessary in the tenure and promotion process.
Externally, scholarship may be formally reviewed by conference presentation review committees and journal editors or editorial boards. The professional organizations we would typically submit presentation proposals to have a system of peer review in place at the state, regional, national and international levels. In fact, several current members of the department have served as peer reviewers for conference presentation proposals through service to professional organizations. Many, though not all, of the journals in the discipline or related interdisciplinary fields have a peer review system in place for article submissions. With emerging technologies and new forms of scholarly publication, there may be alternative forms of peer review possible in the discipline, depending on the candidate's scholarly focus. As described below, in Expectations, it will be incumbent on the candidate to demonstrate the significance to the profession of alternative means of publication and peer review.
Fruits of scholarship in teaching
A "teaching library" is based on the understanding that the library plays a much more active role in furthering the educational mission and goals of the institution than has traditionally been recognized. The concept of the teaching library grew out of a renewed emphasis on library instruction efforts that have taken place since 1970. Liberal arts colleges have played an important role in the development of strong library instruction programs, and the continued emphasis on the unity of scholarship, teaching and service at Luther College supports the values represented by the teaching library model.
As outlined above, there are several direct ways for faculty in the department to realize the fruits of scholarly work through effective teaching: reference transactions and conferences; course-related and course-integrated instruction focused on introductory, intermediate, advanced and/or discipline-specific skills; in-depth research consultations with students and faculty; LIST internships; credit-bearing courses, training sessions, and leading faculty development workshops. With a recently renewed effort to offer courses in library and information studies (First-Year Seminars, Directed Readings and Internships), department faculty have a new means of demonstrating the fruits of scholarship with a depth that goes beyond what we have been able to offer through other modes of teaching.
Since the scholarship of faculty in the department may take different or multiple forms, the criteria for evaluating the relative success of the process of scholarship as laid out in Scholarship Assessed (Glassick, et al., 1997) offers a way to gauge scholarly development in conjunction with the products. The criteria for assessing a candidate's development of scholarly process are: clear goals, adequate preparation, appropriate methods, significant results, effective presentation, and reflective critique. Each criterion should be in evidence in the work of faculty, demonstrating the individual's scholarly growth and development. Though process will serve as the foundation for scholarly work, it is the synthesis of process and product that demonstrates a candidate's fulfillment of the expectations.
In order to successfully combine scholarly process and product, candidates must show evidence of peer review by dissemination of the scholarship through appropriate peer-reviewed publication or presentation. When alternative forms of peer review may be possible, in new and emerging forms of scholarship, for example, the candidate should demonstrate the significance of the work and the importance the alternative peer review has to the profession. Though members of the department may have evidence of scholarly work in other disciplines in which they have expertise, such scholarly work should not be offered as a substitute for work in library and information studies. There are appropriate forms of interdisciplinary scholarly work that combine areas of specialization with a significant focus in library and information studies.
Fulfillment of the expectations outlined below should be seen as a natural outgrowth of inquisitive, engaged, passionate faculty who are committed to teaching and learning in deep and meaningful ways. From one stage to the next, candidates should expect to demonstrate that there has been a progression of scholarly work, and a widening scope of influence in dissemination of scholarly products. By fostering a culture in which this type of work is inherent in scholarship at all stages of one's faculty development, candidates will have a strong framework to build upon when moving through the stages of review, tenure and promotion. In defining expectations for the review process, we do seek to provide guidance toward the type of work that may be demonstrated by a candidate, but it is not the purpose of the expectations to serve as a checklist of minimum requirements.
For Third-year Review, candidates should show evidence of having established a foundation for scholarly activity. In preparation for Third-Year Review, engaged members of the department should demonstrate scholarly activity by submitting papers and presentation proposals that reflect an understanding of the synthesis of scholarly process and product. Differences in the category of scholarly work done by each candidate will vary, but it is expected that at the time of Third-year Review the candidate will have developed a significant enough focus in one area of scholarship in order to have created and submitted a work of original research for a peer-reviewed publication or presentation in the discipline or related field.
For Tenure Review and promotion to Associate Professor, candidates should show evidence of active and intentional development of scholarship. At this stage of one's career, there should be evidence of a pattern of scholarly work and indication that the candidate has targeted a widening scope of venues for dissemination of scholarship, though the level of involvement in each of the four categories of scholarship will differ for each individual. Candidates are expected to have a record of successful peer-reviewed publication as well as peer-reviewed conference presentation.
For promotion to Full Professor, candidates should show evidence of having realized the plan for scholarly work in the discipline. Individuals may remain engaged in the same scholarly focus in which they have demonstrated consistent development or may shift focus toward new scholarly interests. The result of either ongoing or new scholarship should demonstrate continued evidence of peer-reviewed publication as well as peer-reviewed conference presentation.
How the scholarship of the Library & Information Studies Department affirms the mission of the College
Academic libraries are often referred to as "the heart of the campus," a place where knowledge and ideas live, intellectual freedom is cultivated and members of the community seek truth through inquiry. As a teaching library, all aspects of the work of our department are focused on furthering the principles of liberal learning and the Luther College Mission Statement. The most traditional and recognizable way we do this is through our collection – the organization, evaluation, and provision of access to information for the purpose of fostering scholarship across the college curriculum. Additionally, the Luther College Archives, as a vital collection within Preus Library, has a mission to collect the history of the college in all appropriate formats, including print, electronic, photographic, artifacts, and memorabilia. By creating physical and virtual spaces in which people interact with this knowledge and each other, we offer a diversity of ideas that can be used to learn, challenge, understand and transform. Stewardship of our spaces and collections is also an important aspect of our work, and we actively look for ways in which research can inform practice as we share these resources with the campus.
We take to heart our role as an academic library in a liberal arts college of the church. With a core collection of materials in the areas of religion and philosophy, including works in Christian theology, denominationalism, ethics, vocation and world religions, we offer members of the community a chance to encounter faith through coursework and independent learning. Other areas of the collection also demonstrate the care that has been taken to represent both our strong church heritage and religious diversity. Through its mission to collect the history of the college, the Luther College Archives holds mid-19 th century records from the Norwegian Synod, synod churches and churches associated with the college as founding congregations.
The department is uniquely equipped to help students recognize what it means to live in a time when technology offers new ways in which to encounter, confront, create and share ideas. We do this by advancing information literacy and the use of technology for scholarly purposes in all areas of the curriculum. Through leadership on such issues as censorship, academic and intellectual freedom, and fair use of intellectual property, we offer our own scholarship as a resource to the community, as we encounter and resolve these ethical questions. We seek to promote inquiry and critical thinking as we work in partnership with faculty from other departments to prepare students for lifelong learning and a world in which they are equipped to "serve with distinction for the common good" and "confront a changing society."
(February 2010)
Dean's Office maintained by Janine Brandt. Page last updated on 27 June 2019.


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Q: Workaround for Windows.ApplicationModel.Package limitations on Windows Phone? I'm creating an About page for a Windows Runtime app targeting Windows Phone 8.1. On Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 UWP, it's all but trivial to display most of the basic information about an app by using an API called Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.
But, for reasons beyond my comprehension, Windows.ApplicationModel.Package is severely handicapped on Windows Phone. While things like Id, InstallDate and InstalledLocation have been available since Windows Phone 8, DisplayName, Description and PublisherDisplayName, the things users actually care about, are not. (The version information is present in Id, which is something at least.)
Are there any other ways to access this information reliably on Windows Phone, save from reading and parsing the manifest XML myself, or worse, hardcoding the values? I'd really rather not have to resort to either of those.

A: I'm not sure that there is some API to get more details than what is available through the Package API but for the application display name and description, there is one trick that might help.
The content of those two strings can be localized. You need to declare them using the ms-resource: scheme in your manifest (say ms-resource:AppName for the application name) and then add the localized string to your strings resources.

This allows you to easily get the name and description from your code in addition to using a localized name/description for your app.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


gCLUTO (Graphical CLUstering TOolkit) is a graphical front-end for the CLUTO data clustering library. Its purpose is to make CLUTO's clustering abilities available in a user-friendly graphical way. In addition, gCLUTO provides several ways to interactively visualize clustered results. A copy of gCLUTO can be found at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~mrasmus/gcluto. For more information about CLUTO visit http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/cluto.
A project tree view that manages data files, clustering solutions, and visualizations.
HTML interface for viewing solutions.
Mountain Visualization - a 3D visualization generated using Multidimensional Scaling.
gCLUTO is currently in an alpha phase. The purpose of this release is to explore what features and user interface designs would work best for a clustering application.
Find the latest version of gCLUTO at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~mrasmus/gcluto.
Download and unzip the archive to any location on your computer.
Read the README.txt file to locate the correct version of gCLUTO for your Operating System.
Windows users can make a desktop shortcut to gcluto.exe by locating gcluto.exe in the file manager, right-clicking the icon, dragging it to the desktop, and choosing "Create Shortcut Here" from the pop-up menu.
Linux users can create a symbolic link to the gcluto binary ("ln -s gcluto wherever/you/want/the/link"). Place the symbolic link wherever is most convenient (ex: ~/bin).
Note: the actual executables (gcluto, gcluto.exe) must stay within their folders in order to work propperly. Do not relocate them.
When clustering data, many pieces of information are involved, such as data files, clustering solution files, and visualizations. Like many other applications, gCLUTO uses the concept of a project to organize the user's data and work flow. When a project has been loaded, its contents will be displayed in the tree view located at (a) in Figure 3.1.
Each item in the project is presented as an icon in the tree.
Project - This represents the project itself. It is the root of the project tree.
Data - After importing data into a project, one of these icons will appear in the project tree. A project can contain many different data items.
Solution - After clustering one of the data items, a solution item will be created and placed underneath the data item from which it was clustered.
Matrix Visualization - This is a visualization that can be generated after clustering. All visualizations appear under the solutions they were generated from.
Mountain Visualization - This is another visualization that attempts to describe the inter-relationships of clusters in a 3D way.
Right clicking on any item will bring up a pop-up menu listing the available operations that can be preformed on the item. Double clicking on any item will open its contents in a new window called a view, similar to the windows (b), (c), and (d) in Figure 3.1. While working in one of these views, extra menu options specific to the view's content will apear in the menu bar.
When gCLUTO first opens it starts with an empty project tree. To begin work, a new project must be created. To create a new project, go to the menu bar and choose "File" and then "New Project". A file dialog window will appear. Specify a name for your project and a location on your computer to save it.
gCLUTO will create a directory, called the project directory. The Project Directory will be named after the project and stored at the specified location. Within the project directory, gCLUTO will save all the information related to the project.
To open an existing project, choose the "File" menu and then "Open Project". A file dialog will appear. Navigate to the location of the project directory and open it. Within the project directory there will be a file named "project_name.prj", where project_name will be the name of the project. Choose this file and click "Open".
After these steps, a project will be loaded and displayed in the project tree.
Note: gCLUTO 1.0 uses a different project directory structure than gCLUTO 0.5. Projects created using gCLUTO 0.5 can not be opened in gCLUTO 1.0 and vice versa.
As of gCLUTO 1.0, gCLUTO accepts three file formats: CLUTO matrix files (*.mat), CLUTO graph files (*.graph), and dense matrix delimited files. For details on the exact formats of CLUTO matrix and graph files see CLUTO's documentation.
matrix file (*.mat) - contains a dense matrix, sparse matrix, or similarity graph representing the data to be clustered.
row lables (*.rlabel) - contains labels for the rows of the data matrix.
column labels (*.clabel) - contains labels for the columns of the data matrix.
class labels (*.rclass) - contains class labels for the rows of the data matrix.
Delimited files can be created by hand or exported by most spread sheet programs. gCLUTO can accept tab, space, semicolon, and comma delimited files. Other characters can also be specified as delimiters.
To import a new data item go to the menu bar and choose "Project" and then "Import Data". The Import Data dialog will appear allowing the user to specify the location of a file for each of the file types listed above. Clicking on a "Browse" button will bring up a file dialog to allow the user to locate the needed files. Only the *.mat file is required. The user must also specify whether the *.mat file contains matrix data or graph data by selecting the appropriate option.
If the *.mat file is chosen first, gCLUTO will try to guess the location of the optional files (*.rlabel, *.clabel, *.rclass) by appending the extension onto the *.mat filename. For example, for a file named genes.mat, gCLUTO will guess genes.mat.rlabel for a row label file. If such a file exists, gCLUTO will make it the default file to open in the "Browse" file dialog.
If the user chooses to import a delimited file, the delimited file options will become enabled. gCLUTO can optionally interpret the first row in the delimited file as column labels. In addition, gCLUTO can optionally interpret the first column as row labels. User may also specify which characters should be used as delimiters. If multiple characters are specified, then the occurrence of any one of them will cause a field delimitation. Blank fields are allowed in delimited files. If a blank occurs where a number is expected, then it will be interpreted as a zero. If a blank occurs where a label is expected, then a default label of "no-label" will be used.
After specifying these files, the user may give a label for the data item. If no label is given, the data item will be labeled after its *.mat file with the extension removed. After clicking "OK" in the Import Data dialog, gCLUTO will attempt to read in the chosen files. If no errors are encountered, gCLUTO will add the new data item to the project tree and open a Data View. The Data View allows the user to view the data and verify that it has been loaded correctly.
If data has been imported using the steps given in 3.3 then it is ready to be clustered. Clustering can be initiated two different ways. The first is choosing "Cluster" from the pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a data item in the project tree. Secondly, the very same menu can be found in the menu bar under "Data" if a Data View is open.
After choosing "Cluster" in either menu a Clustering Options dialog will appear with all the options available for clustering. These options work exactly the same as in CLUTO. For an explanation of their meanings see CLUTO's documentation. Only particular options make sense together. To help make sensible choices, gCLUTO will autmatically update the dialog as the user makes choices to ensure that only reasonable choices are available.
Once the clustering options are chosen, click "Cluster" in the Clustering Options dialog. After gCLUTO finishes the clustering calculations it will respond by creating a solution item under the clustered data item in the project tree.
gCLUTO will also automatically open a Solution View similar to (b) in Figure 3.1. This view contains the options used for clustering and several statistics about the clusters. The report is designed after the report given by CLUTO. For further explanation of its meaning see CLUTO's documentation. In addition, the report contains links, similar to a web page. Clicking on these links allows for quick navigation between related information in large reports.
gCLUTO has been designed to facilitate clustering of the same data multiple times. If a previously clustered data item is chosen for clustering again, the Clustering Options dialog will appear with the options that were used the previous time. To reload the options used for creating a particular solution, right-click the desired solution item in the project tree and choose "Recluster" from the pop-up menu. This will bring up the Clustering Options dialog with the solution's options loaded. This feature eases the process of repeated adjustments to clustering options.
The Data View can be used to compare multiple solutions for a single data item. When solutions exist, a second spread sheet, called the Solution Grid, will appear on the right hand side of the view. Each column of the Solution Grid belongs to a different solution and is labeled after the solution's label shown in the project tree. The integers appearing in the Solution Grid signify to which cluster each row of the data matrix was partitioned.
The Solution Grid and the Data Grid to its left are designed to work together. Thus, scrolling vertically in either grid will cause the other to also scroll. Row resizing is also synced between the two grids. Horizontal scrolling is done independently in order to allow comparisons to be made between any column in the Data Grid and any column in the Solution Grid.
Clicking on any column label in the Data View will sort the rows of the Data Grid and Solution Grid based on the values of the column. Clicking on the same column twice will reverse the direction of the sort. Therefore, if a column label in the Solution Grid is clicked, rows of the same cluster will be displayed together. This allows quick comparisons of the partitioning of different solutions. Sorting can be reset by choosing the "Reset Sorting" option in the "Data" menu. Columns in the Data Grid cannot be sorted when the grid is in sparse matrix view.
Currently, gCLUTO contains two visualizations: the Matrix Visualization and the Mountain Visualization. Visualizations can be generated from solutions by choosing the desired visualization from the solution menu. This menu can be found by right-clicking on a solution item in the project tree or in the menu bar under "Solution" if the user is currently working in a Solution View.
The Matrix Visualization is similar to the matrix visualization produced by CLUTO. The former extends the latter by making the matrix interactive. A detailed explanation of the visualization is given in CLUTO's documentation.
In the Matrix Visualization, the orginal data matrix is displayed such that colors are used to graphically represent the values present in the matrix. gCLUTO uses white to represent values near zero, increaingly darker shades of red to represent large values, and increasingly darker shades of green to represent negitive values. The rows of the matrix are reorder, such that rows of the same cluster are together. Black horizontal dividers separate the clusters.
If tree building is enabled, the Matrix Visualization will contain trees located above and to the left of the matrix. If an agglomerative clustering algorithm was used, the tree generated during clustering is displayed as the Row Tree. Otherwise, a tree is generated to fit the clustering solution. The Column Tree is generated by performing agglomerative clustering on the inverse of the matrix.
If row and column labels were chosen when the data was imported, then they will appear below and to the right of the matrix. Labels will only show if space is available to display them.
To help explore the information contained within the Matrix Visualization, several features have been implemented. First, the size of the matrix can be scaled in multiple ways. Second, the trees can be used to collapse and expand areas of interest within the matrix. Lastly, the user can access information about any cell by clicking the right mouse button on cells. A popup dialog box will appear giving the row and column labels and ids as well as the value and cluster id associated with the cell.
The easiest way to scale the matrix is with the scaling controls located directly above the matrix. Scaling can be changed by entering a new size in the text box, or by clicking on either of the up or down arrows. The control labeled with "W" controls the width of the matrix and the control labeled "H" affects the height. These scaling controls change the dimensions of the entire matrix and are convenient for zooming in and out of areas of interest in the matrix.
Often times the user needs to enlarge one area of the matrix, yet shrink areas that are not as important. This type of scaling can also be done. To resize only a portion of the matrix, start by selecting the area to be resized. Selection is done by clicking on any cell and draging the mouse to another cell. These two cells will become the corners of the selected region. Cells that are selected are shaded blue. To resize the selected region, place the mouse over any edge of the region. The cursor will change to a resizing cursor. Click and drag the edge to the desired location. The selected cells will then resize to fit within the new region.
The Row and Column Trees allow for collapsing and expanding of the matrix. Blue squares in the tree represent nodes that are fully expanded. Clicking on any expanded node will collapse it. Collapsed nodes are represented as pink squares. When a node is collapsed, all of its descendents are hidden. If a node in the Row Tree is collapsed, all of the rows of the collapsed region are hidden and replaced with a single row that contains their average. Simply click a collapsed node to expand it again. The Column Tree works in a similar manner.
The labels will change to describe the collapsed regions. If a region contains rows which all belong to the same cluster, then it will be labeled with the cluster id. If multiple clusters are present in a collapsed region then it will be labeled "multi-cluster".
The Mountain Visualization is used to visualize the relative similarity of clusters as well as their size, internal similarity, and internal deviation. In the mountain visualization, each cluster is represented as a peak in the 3D terrain. A peak's location, volume, height, and color are all used to protray information about the associated cluster.
The user can navigate through and around the 3D visualization by clicking and dragging the mouse over the 3D display. Different mouse buttons perform different actions.
Left Click - Rotates the terrain.
Right Click - Moves the terrain up, down, left, and right.
Middle Click - Zooms in and out.
The location of the peaks in the plane is determined using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) on each of the cluster mid-points. MDS attempts to preserve the distances between vertices as they are mapped from a high dimensional space down to a lower dimensional space. In this application, cluster mid-points are used as vertices in MDS and are mapped to a two dimensional plane.
MDS allows users to make inferences about their data using the Mountain Visualization. For example, in Figure 3.4 a data matrix was clustered into ten clusters. The Moutain Visualization represents these ten clusters as ten peaks labeled by their cluster id. Although ten clusters were requested, MDS has placed the peaks in two distinct groups. We can infer that clusters within each group are strongly similar, while widely different from clusters in the other group. Thus, the visualization suggests the data would better lend itself to a two-way clustering.
The shape of each peak is a Gaussian curve. This shape is used as a rough estimate of the distribution of the data within each cluster. The height of each peak is portional to the cluster's internal similarity. The volume of a peak is portional to the number of elements contained within the cluster. The resulting Gaussian curves are added togther to form the terrain of the Mountain Visualization.
Note: When comparing peak heights keep in mind that the Mountain Visualization has added the peak curves together. As seen in Figure 3.5, the resultant height is taller than the true height.
The color of a peak is proportional to the cluster's internal deviation. Red indicates low deviation where as blue indicates high deviation. Only the color at the tip of a peak is significant. At all other areas, the color is determined by blending to create a smooth transition.
Clicking on any label will load statistics about the associated cluster into the text window located below the visualization. This information is identical to the information found in the Solution Report. If column labels have been chosen for this data, then the Mountain Visualization can display the most common features above each peak. This option is called "Show Features" and is found in the "Mountain" menu.
Additional printing options such as page margins, page dimensions, and printer settings can be found by choosing the "Page Setup" and "Print Setup" options under the "File" menu. Views can also be printed to Post Script files by selecting the "Print to File" option in the Print Dialog.
The various dimensions of the visualizations printed are calculated by the dimensions of the Printable Area. The Printable Area is the area of the page that is within the margins. Choosing a smaller printable area will generate smaller graphics.
When printing the Matrix Visualization, the matrix is scaled to fit the entire page. Relative scaling of rows and columns is left intact. If labels or trees are present, they are each allocated roughly one sixth of the width of the Printable Area.
Mountain Visualizations are printed using the perspective and dimensions of the current Mountain Visualization View. The visualization is scaled to fill as much of the Printable Area as possible without exceeding the margins.
Data Views are exported as tab delimited files containing the data matrix as well any solution columns that are present. Row and column labels are also included in the first column and row, respectively. If labels are not given, then default labels "rowX" and "colX" are used, where "X" is replaced by the row or column number. Tab delimited files can be opened by most spread sheet programs.
Solution Views are exported as HTML files. The HTML files will contain the same information that is present in the Solution Report. This makes it easier to use and share the information given in Solution Reports. Web browsers and most word processors can open HTML files.


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Statement by Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer on Justice
In the House of Commons on April 10th, 2019. See this statement in context.
JusticeOral Questions
April 10th, 2019 / 2:30 p.m.
Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatchewan
Andrew Scheer ConservativeLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister wants to talk about politicians who have led Canadians in error. The Prime Minister said, when the allegations were first printed in The Globe and Mail, that they were completely false. We now know that is not true.
Is the Prime Minister aware that if he says something that he knows not to be true in a court proceeding that he will be guilty of perjury?


I am trying to build a template in entity developer for dapper. For that I am picking in a POCO template.
However there is some rules which I don't know on how to modify/implement.
This is a business representation for some Applications related to business.
There is some ambiguity related to this class as it Model implementing Bindable or INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged and Cloneable; this Could be Model and and opt for declaring previous Model as BaseModel.
eventually it may be better to add partial classes so it may need to redefine something.
my idea is getting rid of EF declaration if possible (I think so).
Could you help me getting there?
Dapper is currently not supported by Entity Developer, so there is no "out of the box" solution for your task.
I already understood that and am working on it.
currently I have a very basic template, wich I was expecting to generate entities on Model Designer.
could you take a look and tell me what is wrong (ps. mailed @shalex).
// Empty template for Devart Entity Developer C# code generation.
// Copyright (c) 2008-2018 Devart. All rights reserved.
now I already have evolved a little bit.
currently I am able to write a partial class of models in designer.
Currently I am writing empty partial class on a "partialoutput" folder; my main class is on "output" folder.
// This is auto-generated code.
// This code was generated by Devart Entity Developer tool using Entity Framework DbContext template.
Error	Custom tool error: Custom tool error: An error occurred during an attempt to compile the template 'GiiC.Dapper'.
but once again.. how can I debug?
it seem to be ok, but no properties are being generated.. why?
I think I can draw more attention if my end result to be named as database agnostic although I have a model which will also been used by dapper.
but as my crud layer is not on same layer, I can say that I am doing some database agnostic model.
I will open a new thread as Database Agnostic Model Template with dapper flavour - I need a model with key annotation on primary keys.
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Q: When model delete its foreign key in another model become null Association is
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I want when occupation deleted its foreign key in user become null.
How I do this?

A: You need has_many :users, dependent: :nullify


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Meet 2021's Arab Billionaires
Originally published on May 17, 2021 | Forbes
Forbes has released its World's Billionaires 2021 ranking, and despite 2020 being one of the most difficult and unexpected in recent history it was clearly not a problem for the world's richest people. In fact, rather than seeing the billionaire population fall, last year witnessed a boom.
There are 660 more billionaires worldwide in 2021 than there were in 2020—including 493 newcomers that have never featured on the Forbes' list before. That equates to roughly one new billionaire being created every 17 hours in 2020. And that's without Saudi Arabia even being considered—the kingdom has not been covered by the Forbes US ranking since 2018.
Globally, Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person for the fourth consecutive year with a net worth of $177 billion, while Elon Musk bags the number two spot with $151 billion.
This year there are 22 Arab billionaires worldwide compared to 21 in 2020. While this year's list lost Kuwait's Kutayba Alghanim, it welcomed back Qatar's Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani with an estimated wealth of $1.3 billion, and Morocco's Othman Benjelloun & family, also with $1.3 billion.
Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of DAMAC Properties, also made the list.
Egypt's Nassef Sawiris is still the richest Arab in the world, with a net worth of $8.3 billion—$3.3 billion more than last year. His most valuable asset is a nearly 6% stake in sportswear maker Adidas. He also runs OCI, one of the world's largest nitrogen fertilizer producers, with plants in Texas and Iowa. In December 2020, he acquired a 5% stake in New York-listed firm Madison Square Garden Sports, owner of the NBA Knicks and the NHL Rangers teams.
Algeria's only billionaires, Issad Rebrab & family, are the world's second richest Arabs, worth $4.8 billion. Rebrab is the founder and CEO of Cevital, Algeria's largest privately-held company. Cevital owns one of the largest sugar refineries in the world, with the capacity to produce two million tons of refined sugar a year.
Egypt's Naguib Sawiris is also a billionaire, valued at $3.2 billion. As are the Mansour brothers, with Mohammed worth $2.5 billion, Youssef worth $1.5 billion, and Yasseen worth $1.1 billion.
Qatar's second billionaire, Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, owns Al Faisal Holdings, and is valued at $1.6 billion. Oman's only billionaire, Suhail Bahwan, is valued at $2.3 billion.
Lebanese Jeweler Robert Mouawad is the only billionaire living in Bahrain and is valued at $1.4 billion. Najib and Taha Mikati are the only Lebanese billionaires living in Lebanon and are worth $2.5 billion each. Bahaa, Ayman, and Fahd Hariri—sons of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri— all now live in Europe and are worth $2 billion, $1.3 billion, and $1.1 billion, respectively.
Here are the world's 22 Arab Billionaires.
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When considering flooring, one rarely considers using the underdog of materials, cork. Cork flooring has often been relegated to use in offices and light factories, and has generally been viewed as a design 'no-no' in the home.
It is cheap, easy to install, easy to clean, versatile and looks good. Cork enjoyed a stint of residential prominence in the 70's despite being around for over a century, but then died down. It seems that the various applications for design, as well as its durability and cost effectiveness, are helping cork flooring make a bit of a comeback in recent times.
More and more home builders, designers and architects are considering and even using cork floors in ever increasing manners, and seem to have no regrets in doing so.
The primary positive comes in the form of just how easy the installation process is. Usually, when you want something that looks this good, it's expensive and requires arduous labor. However, the rise of the floating cork tile has seen an end to that dilemma, and now anybody can enjoy beautiful flooring which they've installed themselves.
With the increase in technology, the detriments of many materials have to a large extent been overcome. Cork is one of these materials which has benefited and the reasons for not using cork are slowly but surely being abrogated by disuse.
If not treated properly though, cork can be damaged by the smallest objects – from thorns caught on ones shoes to toast crumbs which have fallen on the floor. This will obviously alter the look of your flooring over time, but can be avoided with proper treatment.
Cork, despite its definite properties, is versatile in terms of look and can be shifted any which way.
One cannot be blamed for looking at a cork floor and suspecting that it is something else, such as regular hardwood or laminate, because cork is relatively simple and cheap.
For these reasons, cork flooring is gaining in popularity especially among those who appreciate good look and design. The versatility lends itself to a wide range of applications in a number of settings.
Unfortunately, one cannot go on looks alone and so despite the looks being versatile, there is more that most require from flooring than merely look – and it is therefore important to consider more features of cork flooring.
Because cork is generally recycled and sustainable, the resource isn't scarce. Taking a key from simply supply and demand economics, this means that cork is one of the most affordable flooring options available.
One pays for what they get though so while the entry levels of cork flooring should certainly be cheaper than their alternative material counterparts, once one begins considering design, prices can inflate significantly.
Of course all materials become more expensive with improved design so cork is not unique in that regard. It may well just be that the competitive price for value begins to dissipate as one pursues higher density cork and different designs.
Whatever the situation, skimping on your flooring is not something one should do so when shopping for your cork flooring. Be certain to check aspects such as density, thickness, and quality of the material before gunning for the cheapest floor you can find.
Cork flooring can come in many forms, but the most common would be in glue down tiles and floating floors.
Floating floors are slightly thicker and provide higher resilience. It looks like false laminate wood except it is real wood because it is essentially the bark off of the tree.
Cork flooring extends its versatility to its installation also. It is therefore easier to install cork flooring as the tiles can either be glued down or clicked together in the same way one would do with laminate tiles.
We prefer floating floors as the increased resilience of the glue down tiles in marginal and the floating floors are significantly easier to install.
Once you have your plan and equipment, it's important that you smooth out and dry the surface that you will be applying the cork flooring to. Next, lay out the tiles for easy access.
Take caution that if your house is relatively old, asbestos may have been used in your flooring. This should be checked out before you begin preparing your floors.
Because cork expands and contracts as the temperature changes, you'll need to make allowance for some extra space around the walls. 1 centimeter should be ample.
Place rubber spacers along the wall to allow for humidity, temperature and environmental changes once the flooring is installed.
Regardless of the type of tiles you purchase, you should begin installing them lengthwise along a wall you've selected.
Floating floors lock together so if you're using them, place the tongue of the next tile into the grove of the previous one.
Place the tapping block over the tile you've just inserted to protect it then use the mallet to tap the block into place. Continue doing this down the same direction as you began maintaining the space between the wall and a firm attachment of all the tiles.
If you are using glue down tiles, follow the same procedure as above only using the proper adhesive to secure the tiles in place. Remember to ensure spacing between the tiles and the wall and limit pockets of air between the tiles themselves.
In either instance, you will come to a point where there is an obstruction or another wall. In this instance, use the tape measure to determine the length of tile to complete the row and cut one of the tiles accordingly.
To avoid visible marks, mark the measurement on the underside of the tile. Be certain to be as accurate as possible as an inaccurate job makes for shoddy workmanship.
Cork is incredibly resilient until you penetrate it deeply. Think of is as your own skin; a bruise can heal (in the corks case, it the sponge qualities press it back into place) but a deep enough scratch is likely to leave a mark. Without proper maintenance, the flooring can easily be seriously damaged with negligible ease.
An excellent idea to overcome this deficiency of cork flooring is to place felt pads or small carpets under heavier pieces of furniture whether wheeled or not.
It's also a great idea to place breathable mats, drainage saucers or anything to avoid long term exposure to moisture near anything related to water, be it pot plants or a sink. The reason for this would be to avoid discoloration of your cork floors in instances where water gets trapped or settles.
Sunlight also has damaging properties and while this is certainly a far more long term issue than water damage, one may want to consider taking steps to avoid exposure to direct sunlight which may lead to discoloration.
Cork is often also treated with sealant which will wear off over time. It is important to reapply sealant every so often. Polyurethane lasts a home some 5 to 10 years while waxes are less durable and last only up to 2 years.
Floating floors are the easiest to install. They require no adhesive and usually come with a protective layer underneath that should protect against the elements.
Given the choice, we'd opt for cork flooring but given the further choice we'd opt for a floating floor before going to adhesive tiles.
There seems to be no discernible detriment when picking the one over the other, so why not opt for the easiest and cleanest to install?
One can complete an entire room on a Saturday and have their friends over to marvel at their hard work that same evening.
If you are able to harness your puzzle building skills from your three year old self, when puzzles where nothing complex, you'd have no trouble installing these floors yourself.
Cheap, easy to install, versatile and really good looking, it is no wonder why more people are turning to DIY cork flooring. You now have the option of avoiding expensive tillers invading your home and doing a fun, relatively simple, relatively quick project on your own and for your own benefit.
The old days of looking down on cork flooring are behind us and as more people are becoming amenable to placing this underrated substance in their homes, it's becoming more and more common to find cork flooring. There is a reason for this; with the convince, versatility and cost-effectiveness cork flooring offers, one would be remiss not to at least consider it and all things considered, one would probably end up using it.
Houzz.com has a number of splendid ideas and concepts for use of cork flooring.
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Kbaada (Кбаада) (o Kbaade , Kbaadie, Gubaedey, Kuebyde, Кбааде, Губаэдэы, Къуэбыдэ) fue un antiguo asentamiento circasiano situado en el actual emplazamiento de Krásnaia Poliana, en el distrito de Ádler de la unidad municipal de Sochi del krai de Krasnodar de Rusia.

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La localidad estaba habitada por la tribu ajchipsou de los sadz abjasios, que producían miel que exportaban al Imperio otomano, según los apuntes del espía ruso Fiódor Tornau, que visitó la zona en 1835.

Kbaada fue el último bastión de la resistencia montañesa en la guerra ruso-circasiana. Cuatro cuerpos expedicionarios del ejército imperial ruso, comandados por Pável Grabbe, Pável Shatílov, Vasili Heiman y Dmitri Sviatopolk-Mirski, confluyeron allí, conduciendo a la capitulación de Circasia el 21 de mayo de 1864 (calendario juliano), tras 101 años de conflicto bélico. Hoy en día, la fecha es conmemorada por los circasianos de todo el mundo, tanto residentes en territorio ruso como en la diáspora, como el Día Nacional de Luto.

Los rusos celebraron una misa solemne y una parada militar ante el gran duque Miguel Nikoláievich. Por su parte, la población autóctona tuvo que afrontar la huida al Imperio otomano o el genocidio a manos del ejército zarista. A petición del gran duque, el asentamiento ruso que se formó se denominó Románovsk, en honor a la dinastía reinante.

Enlaces externos y referencias

 Este artículo es una traducción parcial de su correspondiente en la Wikipedia en ruso, Кбаадэ.
 Serguéi Dujovski, Материалы для описания войны на Западном Кавказе. Даховский отряд на южном склоне гор в 1864 году. Voenni sbornik, nº 12. 1864.
 Yu. K. Yefrémov. Тропами горного Черноморья. Moscú: Gosudarstvennoye izdatelstvo gueograficheskoi literaturi, 1963.

Antiguos asentamientos en Rusia
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Home Latest Kwara Court Adjourns Hearing on Ile Arugbo Demolition Suit to Jan 24
Kwara Court Adjourns Hearing on Ile Arugbo Demolition Suit to Jan 24
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A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin thursday fixed January 24 for commencement of proper hearing on the case between the state government and Asa Investment Limited over the disputed land housing the demolished Ile Arugbo.
Agents of the state government had in a dawn operation on January 2 demolished some structures on the plots of land at the Ilofa Road, GRA Ilorin, belonging to the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, over allegiations of illegal acquisition.
Dissatisfied with the government's action, Asa Investments Limited filed a ex-parte motion through its counsel, AbdulAzeez Ibrahim, for a stay of execution on the further demolition of the property.
The court accordingly restrained the defendants and anyone acting on their behalf from further demolishing or further destroying the alleged property of the claimant.
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the House of Assembly, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Director General, Kwara State Bureau of Lands and the Inspector General of Police are the defendants in the suit.
Earlier, Ibrahim told the court that the case was for hearing on motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
He added that he had filed ex-parte motion for service on defendants/respondents on substituted means.
The counsel told the court that he had not been able to serve the fifth respondent (IGP), but said the "first to the fourth respondents had been served and they responded too. But the fifth responded has not been personally served."
He added that the "motion on notice was dated and filed on January 13 and 14.
"The application for the ex-parte motion is supported by seven-paragraph affidavit deposed to by one Ayo Ibrahim. We rely on all the averments therein. We also filed a written address in support of the affidavit. I pray the court to grant the order so that we can make progress," he said.
Pending the time all the court processes would be served to the fifth respondent, Ibrahim said "we are applying orally for the court to order all the parties to maintain status-quo in the interest of peace and justice as well as an extension of tenure of the interlocutory injunction."
In his reply, Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Salman Jawondo, said with respect to motion on substituted service "we can only be seen but not heard."
He added that "we are opposed to the application of tenure extension of the interlocutory injunction or whatever name it is called. The application is also an invitation to chaos as the case has attracted much heat and attention even beyond its content."
Ruling on the ex-parte motion for substituted service to the fifth respondent, presiding judge, Justice A. A Adebara, granted the application.
"In this application, attempts at personal service to the fifth respondent met the rock. I am satisfied that the service be made by pasting court processes on the notice board in the premises of Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin, Kwara State," he said.
Declining to make express statement on the application for tenure elongation of the interlocutory injunction, Justice Adebara urged all the parties in the case to maintain their calm and seek peaceful resolution of the issue.
He said: "The first paramount thing for this court is to encourage all parties to settle the case amicably out of court; nothing is impossible.
"Settlement out of court is never too late to explore. I want the two sides to believe that by the special grace of God, peace will prevail. I am appealing to the two sides that there should be a mutual understanding."
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